Museum prepares for 1913 storm centennial

10:19 PM,
Jan. 14, 2013

A graphic used in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 exhibit at Cranbrook Institute of Science. The graphics used in Cranbrook's exhibit will be loaned to Port Huron Museum this fall for the centennial anniversary of the storm, which claimed the lives of more than 250 Great Lakes sailors.

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| By Beth LeBlanc
| Times Herald

The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 claimed more than 250 lives from Nov. 7 through Nov. 10, 1913. A century later, the Port Huron Museum has plans to commemorate the storm's centennial on an international scale.

The Port Huron Museum will observe the 100th anniversary this fall with memorials, re-enactments and a special exhibit dedicated to the storm's impact on the Blue Water Area.

"Its maybe the biggest undertaking we've had in a very long time at the museum," Susan Bennett, museum executive director, said. ...